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★★★, Alexa Dalby, Cannes Film Festival 2023, Netflix, out now, Reviews, UKSeptember 2, 2024

Firebrand (2023)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Firebrand directed by Karim Aïnouz is an entertaining slice of simplified English history starring Alicia Vikander, Jude Law, Eddie Marsan and Simon Russell Beale.

★★★, France, out now, Reviews, Venice Biennale 2024September 2, 2024

VENICE 2024: The Mohican (2024) (Le Mohican)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
The Mohican directed by Frédéric Farrucci is a beautifully shot, deeply felt film about an ordinary goatherd who becomes a social media hero in Corsica when he defends his beliefs.

★★★, Italy, out now, Reviews, Venice Biennale 2024August 31, 2024

VENICE 2024: Vittoria (2024)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
Vittoria is an extraordinary, moving drama based on real events about a woman’s need to adopt a child, directed by Alessandro Cassigoli and Casey Kauffman.

Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, out now, Reviews, Sweden, Venice Biennale 2024August 29, 2024

VENICE 2024: Quiet Life (2024)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
Quiet Life, directed by Alexander Avranas, shows how the stress of being a Russian refugee in Sweden can result in resignation syndrome (a ‘shutting down’).

★★★, comedy, France, Japan, out now, Venice Biennale 2024August 29, 2024

VENICE 2024: Super happy forever (2024)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Super Happy Forever by Kohei Igarashi is a star-studded Japanese love story in reverse.

★★★, Awards, Cannes Film Festival 2024, China, out now, ReviewsAugust 26, 2024

Black Dog (2024) (Gou Zhen)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Black Dog is ‘Sixth Generation’ director Hu Guan’s hit film, a huge allegory about rapid change in modern China.

★★★, out now, Reviews, Saudi Arabia, thrillerAugust 26, 2024

Mandoob (Night Courier) (2023)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★☆☆
Mehdoob (Night Courier) directed by Ali Kalthami is a sophisticated thriller about a hapless delivery driver caught in societal change in Saudi Arabia.

★★★, festivals, out now, Reviews, TIFF 2024August 24, 2024

Toronto Film Festival 2024 (49th): 6–15 September 2024

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
TIFF 6-15 September 2024

★★★, biopic, Ireland, music, out now, Reviews, Sundance, Sundance London 2024, UKAugust 19, 2024

Kneecap (2024)

By Alexa Dalby

★★★★☆
Kneecap, written and directed by Rich Peppiat, is the comic, fictionalised story of the rise to fame of the Irish-language rap trio Kneecap – played by themselves.

★★★★★, out now, Reviews, Venice Biennale 2024August 15, 2024

Venice Film Festival 2024: 28 August – 7 September: Line Up

By Alexa Dalby

Calendario delle proiezioni per il pubblico della 81. Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica Venice film festival is the oldest film event in the world The…